Officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines arrived in Cebu late November 13 bringing along 300kg of relief goods for Vietnamese nationals living in areas hit by typhoon Haiyan.

About 100 Vietnamese citizens have been stranded in Tacloban city, Leyte province, the Philippines after the typhoon swept the area on November 8.

No death in the Vietnamese community in the Philippines has been reported so far.

The embassy’s working team will deliver the goods to the Vietnamese typhoon victims in Ormoc, a city 105 km from Tacloban.

The Vietnamese government has also sent initial emergency aid worth 100,000 USD to the Philippines to help typhoon victims.- Officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines arrived in Cebu late November 13 bringing along 300kg of relief goods for Vietnamese nationals living in areas hit by typhoon Haiyan.

About 100 Vietnamese citizens have been stranded in Tacloban city, Leyte province, the Philippines after the typhoon swept the area on November 8.

No death in the Vietnamese community in the Philippines has been reported so far.

The embassy’s working team will deliver the goods to the Vietnamese typhoon victims in Ormoc, a city 105 km from Tacloban.

The Vietnamese government has also sent initial emergency aid worth 100,000 USD to the Philippines to help typhoon victims.-VNA